Meaning of universal
Definition of universal
(adj)
of worldwide scope or applicability; "an issue of cosmopolitan import"; "the shrewdest political and ecumenical comment of our time"- Christopher Morley; "universal experience"
applicable to or common to all members of a group or set; "the play opened to universal acclaim"; "rap enjoys universal appeal among teenage boys"
adapted to various purposes, sizes, forms, operations; "universal wrench"; "universal chuck"; "universal screwdriver"
(noun)
(linguistics) a grammatical rule (or other linguistic feature) that is found in all languages
(logic) a proposition that asserts something of all members of a class
a behavioral convention or pattern characteristic of all members of a particular culture or of all human beings; "some form of religion seems to be a human universal"